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44 For I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is…

Introduction Last week in our Introductory message of this series ‘The Faith of Our Fathers’, we examined man’s CONTEMPORARY - AND CONTRARY definition of what Faith is, vs. what we find in the Scriptures. Man’s current view of faith states: (From m-w.com) (def) a(1): belief and trust in and loyalty to…

Torah Portion: Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46 :18 Review Map of the 40 year journey Amalek’s Picture of Negative/ Distorted Thinking Desires offerings Red Heifer Distortion - Corruption 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he lingered so long in the temple. 22 But…

Making Good choices in Life Right choices That’s filtered through prayer and the word of God Everyday we make choices that either get us further from Gods plan for our life Or keeps us in hearing distance of God How Many Decisions Do We Make Each Day? The number of choices is hard to estimate, but it’s…

Introduction: When you come into the Lord’s House to worship, what goes through your mind? I was thinking about this while I was at the convention this past week. I looked around the room during the worship time and I looked at those leading worship. I watched their body language and their faces. I tried…

Intro : Tell me how you interpret this Scripture. John 15:13 (NKJV) 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends . Love, sacrifice, selflessness, compassion, true friendship, etc.., but it also talks about the faith of a person and the testing of their faith. Faith…

Last week we kicked off this important series on how we all desperately need a substitute. Human beings need a substitute since “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Sin separates human beings from God. We saw this last week as…

Genesis 22:1–14 (ESV) After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” 3…

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty-two years over Israel. He chose three thousand men from Israel for himself: two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in Bethel’s hill country, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the troops…

Introduction Faith in everyday things Flying Driving Sitting in your pew/chair The structural integrity of the building. You demonstrated your faith in these things by getting on the plane, getting in your car, sitting down and walking in the building. 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight— How much more…

“ And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. ”“ Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar…

For the past year we have been examining the Name in which we are to commanded to pray: John 14:12–14 (NASB95)[Jesus said:]“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. 13 “Whatever you ask…

Elohim Human Sacrifice The Grace of God The Application of Faith

Leviticus 1 focuses on one offering, the burnt offering. The burnt offering was not about forgiveness of sin. Rather, it was designed to initiate contact with God—which was viewed as a dangerous thing. deserves some attention and secondly is there are things in here that I want to touch on that will…

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that…

18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. 1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer…

We take time during the Christmas season to remember and reflect upon the biblical story of Jesus Christ being born as the Son of Promise, the fulfillment of thousands of years of biblical prophecy. It is fitting that last week we looked at the birth of another son of promise, Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham…

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. What is the standard used here for love ABIDE - μένω (men-o) . -remain or stay, to continue to exist, persist. Objective 1: Finding Peace And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in…

Today we’ll jump back into our trek through 1 Samuel - having stepped outside of it - LAST WEEK - to address the Heart of Man... …and how to fight against it! We had seen... The Way of the Heart The Truth of the Heart The Life of the Heart And in looking at those things - we saw how the Heart of Man…

19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.” Last week, we looked at the anointing of Saul as King of Israel.…

12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure…

Welcome Good morning, in our Gospel story series we are jumping ahead just a few chapters. Last week we saw how God established a covenant with Abram and promised that he would have a descendent and that God would uphold his side of the covenant even when Abram didn’t. Now, you would think that after…

Leviticus 1:1-6:7 Review TORAH GPS We continue to use the Torah as our guide to do our portions So far we have come from Genesis to now Leviticus, and God has been at work Let me summarize it like this: B’Reisheet, in the beginning, God creates Paradise, but we fail to rest. God begins again with Avraham…

How do you walk in repentance? Resulting the transformation of self, others and our community. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot…

Intro (Lighthouse / Navy ship joke.) I’m about to tell a joke. You may have hear it before. But if you have, please be kind and laugh at the end anyway. There was a ship at sea on a foggy night. Seeing a light out in front too close for comfort… Ship: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North…